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I don't know how many variants of this song we'll find, but it's worth a try.
Here are the words we have in the Digital Tradition:
MY SWEETHEART'S THE MULE IN THE MINES
My sweetheart's the mule in the mines
I drive her without any lines;
On the dasher I sit
And I chaw and I spit
All over my sweetheart's behind.
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Here is the Traditional Ballad Index entry on this song:
My Sweetheart's a Mule in the Mines
DESCRIPTION: "My sweetheart's a mule in the mines, I drive her without any lines, On the (bumpers/dasher) I sit and tobacco I spit All over my sweetheart's behind."AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927
KEYWORDS: animal mining work humorous
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Lomax-FSNA 65, "My Sweetheart's a Mule" (1 text, 1 tune)
Botkin-AmFolklr, pp. 864-865, "My Sweetheart's the Mule in the Mines" (1 text, 1 tune)
Arnett, p. 127, "My Sweetheart's the Mule in the Mines" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber-FSWB, p. 27, "My Sweetheart's The Mule In The Mines" (1 text)
DT, MYSWEETM*
Roud #4756
RECORDINGS:
Pete Seeger, "My Sweetheart in the Mines" (on PeteSeeger07, PeteSeeger07b)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon" (tune)
File: LoF065
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